A Cluster of Noisy Planets

He lives in Connecticut with his wife, two daughters, one dog, and four parakeets. He is especially interested in local archaeology, mushroom identification, and swamp ecology.

Currently, he codirects the MFA program at Albertus Magnus College and teaches at the Westport Writers’ Workshop.

His first novel, Moscodelphia, is forthcoming from Woodhall Press

He has won grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism.

is also the author of two collections of short fiction, most recently Somebody Who Knows Somebody (Gold Wake Press, 2021).

was the teaching of the Buddha and of deadbeats everywhere

The goal was always to eliminate goals

All the great punishments are permanent.

The sand confirms the animals. I think of you not thinking of me.

I guess the moon doesn’t need directions.